Nancy Reagan wants to meet her Ronald Reagan

Reginald Green, the property developer who wasn’t credited for his fleeting
performance as Ronald Reagan in The Iron Lady, has a shoulder to cry
on in the form of Janet Chew, a part-time actress from Great Missenden, who
once played Nancy.

Reginald Green, the Tunbridge Wells property developer who wasn’t credited for his fleeting performance as Ronald Reagan in The Iron Lady

By Tim Walker

7:28AM GMT 11 Jan 2012

Reginald Green, the Tunbridge Wells property developer who wasn’t credited for his fleeting performance as Ronald Reagan in The Iron Lady, has a shoulder to cry on. Step forward, Janet Chew, a semi-retired actress from Great Missenden, who was also uncredited for her Nancy in Saving Ronald Reagan, the Discovery Channel’s fine drama about the attempted assassination of the former president.

“Possibly Reginald’s likeness to Ronald is greater than mine to Nancy,” concedes Janet, who was transformed by a wig and a red dress for the role. She is, like Reg, 63, and reckons he was “great” in The Iron Lady.

She has worked for almost ten years in film and television and often works these days playing roles in medical training and exams. Janet is up for meeting Reg to “compare notes”.

Cherie’s saviour

My disclosure that the Allele Fund, co-founded by Cherie Blair, had stated it was “authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority”, when it is not, has resulted in the claim being removed from its website.

Just as well. The Financial Services and Markets Act makes provision for people who make claims to be authorised without first obtaining it. Indeed, on “summary conviction”, it provides for “imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.”

A little extra

I wonder what it is about Tesco that seems to bring out the worst in Daily Express columnists. Antony Worrall Thompson, the chef who writes for the tabloid, has apologised for stealing groceries from the Henley-on-Thames branch on five occasions “without rhyme or reason”. In 1994, Richard Madeley, his colleague on the paper, was charged with pushing trolleys of alcohol out of one of Tesco’s Manchester branches without paying. The presenter denied the charges, claiming he was simply absent-minded and was later cleared.

The winner is...

I must confess that it will be a relief to shift the mountain of entries to my Christmas quiz that has been growing at an alarming rate in the office in recent days. Many thanks to all of you who entered. Today, I can announce that the winner is Denise Cunningham of Ruislip, Middlesex. The answers are 1. c; 2. b; 3. a; 4. b; 5. c; 6. b; 7. b; 8. c; 9. a; 10. a; 11. a; 12. a; 13. a; 14. b; 15. b.